Difference between Limited and Specific

What is the difference between Limited and Specific?

Limited as an adjective is with certain (oft. specified) limits placed upon it. while Specific as an adjective is explicit or definite

Limited

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: With certain (oft. specified) limits placed upon it.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

Example sentence: In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

Specific

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A distinguishing attribute or quality.Something particularly adapted for a particular use, as a remedy for a particular disorderSpecificationThe details; particulars.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: explicit or definiteof, or relating to a speciespertaining to a taxon at the rank of speciesspecial, distinctive or uniqueintended for, or applying to a particular thingbeing a remedy for a particular diseaselimited to a particular antibody or antigena value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)

Example sentence: Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.

We hope you now know whether to use Limited or Specific in your sentence.

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